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Bird’s Eye View

Greetings one and all. If you are sitting comfortably then I shall begin. It seems to have been a week without much news, certainly not the important stuff that regular readers rely on hearing about…

Panther Soccer 2012

A rare Monday afternoon game was played last week when Middletown came to the Valley. This was the first time in a number of years that the teams had met and although it was a…

The AVA Recommends

PRESIDENT: JILL STEIN. Is there really any need to list Obama's failures? Is it defensible to vote for a person who represents the opposite of what you think you represent? Obama's first term saw his…

‘You Had A Bad Year’

Every few weeks the subject of healthcare appears before the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors, and every time it does we are reminded how absurdly expensive and insanely complicated America’s healthcare has become. And Obamacare,…

Off The Record

AS PREDICTED, Mendocino County Superior Court judge Ann Moorman has tossed the state's feeble attempt to bring some order to the wholesale plunder of the Russian River's overdrawn waters by inland Mendocino County's grape and…

The Backdoor Tax

An envelope marked “Urgent Notice” arrived in the mail last Friday. The return address said: State of California. Inside were four identical slips of paper with “Advance Notice” boldly printed across the top. Advance Notice…

Bird’s Eye View

Greetings one and all. If you are sitting comfortably then I shall begin. Belated (perhaps) Happy Birthdays this month to both Neil Darling and Gloria Abbott! Meanwhile, two memorials were held this past weekend in…

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